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FLASH: RICK SANTORUM WARNS AMERICA ABOUT SATAN’S ATTACK!

via Drudgereport.com

 

 

SANTORUM’S SATAN WARNING
Tue Feb 21 2012 09:27:20 ET

“Satan has his sights on the United States of America!” Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has declared.

“Satan is attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition.”

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The former senator from Pennsylvania warned in 2008 how politics and government are falling to Satan.

“This is a spiritual war. And the Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country – the United States of America. If you were Satan, who would you attack in this day and age?”

“He attacks all of us and he attacks all of our institutions.”

Santorum made the provocative comments to students at Ave Maria University in Florida.

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The White House contender described how Satan is even taking hold of some religions.

“We look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it.”

Developing…

 

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Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN): Lowering to Equal-weight – Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley, the uber bull of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is cutting their rating to Equal-Weight from Overweight with a $190 PT (down $30).

– Firm says they would be buyers of the stock at levels closer to $150 (~1x 2012E Net Sales) or toward the end of the more challenging year ahead.

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Today’s Money Flows

ISSUE GAINERS                 SYMBOL   EXCH   LAST PRICE   MONEY FLOW    RATIO 
                                                          (in millions) 
Apple                          AAPL    NASD      505.88       +80.5       1.18 
iShrs MSCI Emerg Mkts          EEM     ARCA       43.87       +77.1       8.92 
General Electric               GE      NYSE       19.42       +19.6       2.01 
Coca-Cola                      KO      NYSE       68.66       +19.5       3.26 
Caterpillar                    CAT     NYSE      114.64       +18.5       1.75 
ConocoPhillips                 COP     NYSE       73.65       +17.2       2.24 
Chevron                        CVX     NYSE      107.74       +15.5       1.84 
Cisco Systems                  CSCO    NASD       20.35       +15.2       2.45 
Wells Fargo                    WFC     NYSE       31.09       +14.4       2.89 
Oracle                         ORCL    NASD       28.62       +12.8       2.96 
Lowe's Cos                     LOW     NYSE       27.84       +11.4       1.94 
PwrShs DB Com Track            DBC     ARCA       28.95       +10.9      19.92 
Pfizer                         PFE     NYSE       21.20       +10.7       2.42 
Sel Sec SPDR-Hlth Cr           XLV     ARCA       36.09        +9.4       3.43 
SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF        MDY     ARCA      178.65        +9.1       1.93 
Kraft Foods                    KFT     NYSE       38.47        +9.1       2.02 
Verizon Communications         VZ      NYSE       38.61        +9.0       3.35 
Transocean                     RIG     NYSE       49.11        +8.9       1.26 
Mastercard                     MA      NYSE      396.41        +8.9       1.87 
Chesapeake Energy              CHK     NYSE       24.82        +8.7       1.73 

ISSUE DECLINERS               SYMBOL   EXCH   LAST PRICE   MONEY FLOW    RATIO 
                                                          (in millions) 
Bank Of America                BAC     NYSE        8.02       -28.7       0.55 
Chipotle Mexican Grill         CMG     NYSE      382.45       -25.9       0.45 
iBoxx InvesTp Inv Grde Bd      LQD     ARCA      116.26       -24.3       0.21 
Microsoft                      MSFT    NASD       31.22       -23.9       0.49 
ExxonMobil                     XOM     NYSE       86.18       -21.6       0.49 
Weatherford Intl               WFT     NYSE       15.62       -20.7       0.63 
Intel                          INTC    NASD       27.20       -19.9       0.49 
Google                         GOOG    NASD      613.72       -16.4       0.90 
Johnson & Johnson              JNJ     NYSE       64.87       -16.2       0.37 
Novartis ADS                   NVS     NYSE       57.09       -15.0       0.30 
IBM                            IBM     NYSE      193.00       -15.0       0.60 
PwrShrs QQQ Tr Series 1        QQQ     NASD       63.50       -13.8       0.64 
iShrs MSCI S Korea             EWY     ARCA       59.06       -13.6       0.15 
Qualcomm                       QCOM    NASD       62.72       -13.2       0.53 
Wynn Resorts                   WYNN    NASD      120.73       -12.4       0.88 
United Technologies            UTX     NYSE       83.43       -11.3       0.34 
McDonald's                     MCD     NYSE      100.14       -11.2       0.52 
Anadarko Pete                  APC     NYSE       85.87       -11.0       0.62 
JPMorgan Chase                 JPM     NYSE       38.54        -9.5       0.61 
Life Technologies Cp           LIFE    NASD       46.98        -9.4       0.61

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52 Week Highs and Lows

NYSE

New Highs 94 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
AAG Hldg 7.5% Deb 11/5/33     GFW         25.83                1,108 
Acuity                        AYI         61.99               10,464 
Amer Fincl Grp                AFG         38.17               52,261 
Amer Vanguard                 AVD         16.93               18,539 
Ameriprise Finl 7.75% Nts     AMPpA       29.49                5,388 
Anheuser Busch                BUD         65.82               49,689 
Armstrong Wrld Ind            AWI         51.49               32,928 
Assurant                      AIZ         44.38               26,680 
Aviva PLC Sub Cap Secs        AVV         26.45               11,604 
BB&T Corp                     BBT         30.40              353,722 
Barnes Group                  B           28.35              167,601 
Bonanza Creek Energy          BCEI        18.20               37,136 
Brinker Intl                  EAT         28.60               83,355 
Brookfield Infrastructure     BIP         29.93              178,307 
CH Energy Group               CHG         66.40              553,892 
CPFL Energia ADS              CPL         32.40               47,070 
Campus Crest Communities      CCGpA       25.75                  500 
Cedar Fair LP                 FUN         28.62               49,127 
Cervecerias Compania          CCU         70.89               23,528 
Chicago Bridge & Iron         CBI         45.86              165,832 
Citizens Fdg Tr I 7.50%       CTZpA       25.77                  200 
CommonWealth REIT Pfd E       CWHpE       25.38                4,885 
Sel Asst CorTS JC Pen Tr      JBR         24.99                2,900 
Sel Asset CorTS JC Penney     JBN         25.00                2,000 
Credicorp                     BAP         123.40              28,264 
Crown Castle Intl             CCI         51.64              227,646 
Drdgold Limited ADS           DRD         7.91                39,787 
DTEEnCo.Series6.50%           DTZ         27.79                4,198 
Delphi Automotive             DLPH        32.98              331,118 
Doubleline Oppor Credit       DBL         26.71                6,634 
Enduro Royalty Trust          NDRO        22.02                7,860 
Entergy Louis 1 Mtg Bd        ELA         27.90                  806 
Equity One                    EQY         20.31               30,313 
F M C Corp                    FMC         97.78               61,455 
Fst Niagara Finl Pfd B        FNFGpB      27.90               12,117 
First Republic Bk Pfd A       FRCpA       25.33               26,755 
Ford Motor 7.5% Nts           FpA         27.66                9,391 
Franklin Universal            FT          6.95                 8,535 
HBFuller                      FUL         30.98               33,659 
Genesis Energy                GEL         30.79               40,557 
Global Cash Access            GCA         5.70                23,163 
Goodrich Corp                 GR          125.93              67,775 
John Hancock Pfd Inc III      HPS         18.59               29,193 
Harman Intl Indus Inc         HAR         51.76               84,405 
Holly Energy Partners         HEP         63.76               10,500 
Home Depot                    HD          48.07            5,148,482 
Hornbeck Offshore             HOS         40.55               94,016 
Inergy Midstream LP           NRGM        21.95               17,866 
JPMorgan Chase Cap XVI        JPMpP       25.74                4,133 
Kayne Anderson Engy Dev       KED         24.22               23,824 
Kilroy Realty                 KRC         44.20               44,740 
Lorillard Inc                 LO          129.66             294,034 
Lowe's Cos                    LOW         28.46            4,253,011 
MFS Charter                   MCR         9.72                23,770 
MSC Indust Direct             MSM         81.22               11,351 
Macy's Inc                    M           37.76            2,191,865 
Magellan Midstream            MMP         72.00               21,757 
Main Street Capital           MAIN        23.49               25,355 
Miss Pwr 5.625% Nts E         MPJ         27.20                  828 
MS Income Secs                ICB         18.09                3,725 
Movado Group                  MOV         20.71                7,241 
Neenah Paper                  NP          26.65               12,441 
Newcastle Inv 9.75%  B        NCTpB       25.58                  400 
Novo Nordisk                  NVO         139.90              27,495 
ONEOK Partners                OKS         60.74               61,037 
Ocwen Fincl                   OCN         15.73               40,361 
PVH Corp.                     PVH         83.50               54,573 
Prestige Brands Hldgs         PBH         16.78            2,510,037 
Prudentl 6.5% Perp Sub Cp     PUKpA       25.92                5,178 
Public Str Dep. pfd. Z        PSApZ       26.24                  436 
Rlty Incm Monthly Pfd         OpF         25.11               23,537 
Regency Energy Partners       RGP         27.40               73,669 
RenaissanceRe Hldgs 6.08%     RNRpC       25.87                7,096 
Rex American Resources        REX         30.30               17,707 
Sally Beauty Hldgs            SBH         23.80               64,681 
Sanchez Energy                SN          22.38               53,573 
STRNS Cummins Eng 7.375%      HJT         26.68                4,389 
SeaDrill                      SDRL        40.10              455,959 
Sherwin-Williams              SHW         100.77              58,088 
AO Smith                      AOS         47.08               29,991 
Standard Motor                SMP         25.17               36,042 
Sturm Ruger                   RGR         44.94               39,550 
Targa Resources               TRGP        44.59               10,497 
Targa Resources Partners      NGLS        41.30               23,626 
Teledyne Tech                 TDY         62.29               18,498 
Thomas & Betts                TNB         72.18              155,740 
Toll Brothers                 TOL         24.21              351,959 
Torchmark                     TMK         48.98               92,828 
US Bncp Dep Pfd Perp F        USBpM       26.35               15,945 
Ultrapar Participaco          UGP         22.00               22,115 
UnitedHealth Group            UNH         55.45            1,770,437 
Vulcan Materials              VMC         48.09               41,949 
Wells Fargo Cap IX 5.625%     JWF         25.73                5,984 
YUM! Brands                   YUM         65.89              280,865 

New Lows 1 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
LEH 3.5% TRUCs GS 2004-6      JBK         19.70                2,874

NASDAQ

New Highs 52 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      HIGH                VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
Adams Golf                    ADGF        8.13                16,750 
Align Technology              ALGN        27.75              137,385 
Altisource Ptfl Sol SA        ASPS        59.94               43,456 
America's Car-Mart            CRMT        48.24                3,907 
Annapolis Bancorp             ANNB        4.59                   542 
Ascena Retail Group           ASNA        38.54               85,179 
Astec Industries              ASTE        40.68               80,945 
BSB Bancorp                   BLMT        11.75                  200 
China TransInfo Tech          CTFO        5.20               102,912 
Cincinnati Fincl              CINF        35.82               92,001 
Cintas                        CTAS        39.00              107,000 
Cracker Barrel                CBRL        57.94              146,418 
Dollar Tree                   DLTR        89.98              203,609 
eBay                          EBAY        35.33            1,744,518 
Electro Rent                  ELRC        18.93                2,256 
Garmin                        GRMN        45.49              373,160 
Gladstone Comml Ser B         GOODO       25.60                  100 
Global X NASDAQ 500           QQQV        28.12                  610 
Golar LNG Partners LP         GMLP        38.90               17,999 
GRAVITY Co ADS                GRVY        3.04               204,165 
Great Wolf Resorts            WOLF        3.68                 6,285 
HomeStreet                    HMST        51.78                  407 
ID Systems                    IDSY        6.47                 8,511 
Mantex Intl                   MNTX        6.87                17,403 
Mediware Info Sys             MEDW        15.25               30,341 
Mesa Laboratories             MLAB        51.05                  912 
NewsCorp B                    NWS         20.38              164,792 
On Assignment                 ASGN        14.34               49,548 
Pharmacyclics                 PCYC        26.73              408,327 
Preferred Bank                PFBC        10.37                2,100 
pricelinecom                  PCLN        593.00             146,273 
Primoris Services             PRIM        17.10               66,622 
Qualcomm                      QCOM        62.92            1,563,053 
Remark Media Inc              MARK        7.51                 5,950 
Rockville Fincl               RCKB        11.64                1,229 
Russ SmCp Aggressive Gwth     SGGG        64.27                  255 
Saba Software                 SABA        12.36               29,004 
Simulations Plus              SLP         4.36                 4,269 
Steven Madden                 SHOO        43.92              295,445 
Student Transportation        STB         7.50                66,022 
Sunshine Heart                SSH         15.50                  220 
Synopsys                      SNPS        30.50               59,487 
Threshold Pharmaceuticals     THLD        6.65             6,688,401 
Tower Fincl                   TOFC        12.60                5,275 
Union First Mkt Bankshs       UBSH        14.65                5,773 
Unvsl Bus Pay Sol Acqn        UBPS        9.66                 2,100 
Urologix                      ULGX        1.71                19,628 
Vanguard Russ 1000 Growth     VONG        65.52               30,303 
vitacost com Inc              VITC        7.25                22,948 
WSB Hldgs                     WSB         4.60                10,570 
Westport Innovations          WPRT        47.38              448,990 
Zoll Medical                  ZOLL        74.75               36,827 

New Lows 7 

COMPANY                       SYMBOL      LOW                 VOLUME 
-------                       ------      ----                ------ 
AspenBio Pharma               APPY        0.60                69,553 
Chelsea Therapeutics Intl     CHTP        2.87             1,776,272 
China Grwth Eqty Invt Ltd     CGEIU       9.80                   100 
China Yida Hldg Co            CNYD        1.56                13,176 
Codexis                       CDXS        3.70               547,479 
D Medical Industries          DMED        0.62                 4,182 
Energy Conversion Devices     ENER        0.17             3,258,293

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Most Active Options Trades

 -CALLS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
APC        3/17/12          90.0000        4923            1.3700      dn 0.9200 
CIEN       3/17/12          17.0000        2715            0.7200      dn 0.4300 
UNH        9/22/12          55.0000        2146            4.1000      up 0.1000 
CSCO       3/17/12          21.0000        2041            0.1700      dn 0.0100 
AAPL       2/24/12         510.0000        2031            5.4600      up 0.2100 
SWC        3/17/12          13.0000        1726            1.2500      up 0.1000 
CAT        2/24/12         115.0000        1452            1.0000      up 0.0900 
AAPL       2/24/12         505.0000        1388            7.7000      up 0.5000 
GE         3/17/12          20.0000        1382            0.1500      up 0.0200 
BAC        3/17/12           8.0000        1327            0.3500      dn 0.0200 

 -PUTS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
HD         3/17/12          45.0000        1849            0.2900      dn 0.3400 
BAC        2/24/12           8.0000        1733            0.1200      dn 0.0200 
BAC        3/17/12           8.0000        1346            0.3400      dn 0.0400 
MDT        3/17/12          39.0000        1118            1.1000      up 0.3600 
UNTD       3/17/12           5.0000        1000            0.1500      up 0.0500 
DELL       3/17/12          17.0000         837            0.3100      dn 0.0200 
CORT       3/17/12           5.0000         833            0.7500      dn 1.7000 
BAC        5/19/12           7.0000         816            0.3600      dn 0.0200 
AAPL       2/24/12         500.0000         792            5.0100      dn 2.4900 
INTC       3/17/12          27.0000         789            0.5000      up 0.0800 

 -VOLUME- 
 CALLS      PUTS           TOTAL 
346392    279718        626110
-CALLS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
AAPL       2/24/12         515.0000         256            3.9000      up 0.3700 
MMR        3/17/12          15.0000         247            0.9500      up 0.0500 
MCD        4/21/12         105.0000         215            0.5200      up 0.0000 
TLT        3/17/12         120.0000         172            0.4300      dn 0.2200 
BAC        2/24/12           8.0000         170            0.1300      dn 0.0200 
AAPL       2/24/12         505.0000         137            8.0000      up 0.8000 
DELL       3/17/12          18.0000         117            0.8200      dn 0.0100 
NOK        3/17/12           6.0000         100            0.1400      up 0.0200 
BAC        3/17/12           9.0000         100            0.0700      dn 0.0100 
RIMM       6/16/12          15.0000         100            2.1800      up 0.0100 

 -PUTS- 
OPTION    EXP.DATE       STRIKE PRC.     VOLUME        LAST S/PRC.    NET CHANGE 
ABX        3/17/12          47.0000         286            1.2000      dn 0.2900 
AAPL       2/24/12         500.0000         114            5.2500      dn 2.2000 
RIMM       2/24/12          15.0000         110            0.2900      dn 0.0800 
HIG        3/17/12          21.0000          91            0.8300      dn 0.0400 
MDT        3/17/12          40.0000          88            1.4800      dn 0.0200 
RSH        3/17/12           7.0000          70            0.2600      up 0.0500 
AAPL       2/24/12         485.0000          66            1.4500      dn 1.0000 
FCX        3/17/12          40.0000          55            0.5300      dn 0.2100 
HD         3/17/12          44.0000          51            0.1500      dn 0.3000 
IBM        2/24/12         190.0000          50            0.2800      dn 0.1400 

 -VOLUME- 
 CALLS      PUTS           TOTAL 
16586    18392        34978

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Spectrum Crunch is Upon Us

“The U.S. mobile phone industry is running out of the airwaves necessary to provide voice, text and Internet services to its customers.

The problem, known as the “spectrum crunch,” threatens to increase the number of dropped calls, slow down data speeds andraise customers’ prices for cell phone service. It will also whittle down the nation’s number of wireless carriers and create a deeper financial schism between those companies that have capacity and those that don’t.

There are potential solutions, but none are inexpensive, easy to implement, or catch-all. And no major fixes are on the horizon.

The U.S. still has a slight spectrum surplus at the moment. But at our current growth rate, that surplus turns into a deficit as early as next year, according to the Federal Communications Commission’s estimates.

“Network traffic is increasing, driving up demand for mobile broadband,” says an official at the FCC’s wireless bureau. “Carriers are doing things to offset the increase in demand. They can manage it for the next couple years, but demand is inevitably going to exceed the available spectrum.”

As smartphone and tablet sales soar, customers’ consumption of wireless Internet services is skyrocketing. The issue is that wireless spectrum — the invisible infrastructure over which all wireless transmissions travel — is a finite resource. When, exactly, we’ll hit the wall is the subject of intense debate, but almost everyone in the industry agrees that a crunch is coming.

How did we get here?…”

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Mike Breard: Brent Crude Could Hit $140 a Barrel

“Tensions with Iran have been pushing oil prices up over $100 a barrel and it won’t take a full-blown war to send them much higher, possibly to $140 a barrel, says Mike Breard, an oil and gas analyst at Hodges Capital in Dallas.

Oil futures are skyrocketing thanks to Iranian tension, with U.S. crude futures hovering over $102 a barrel and Brent futures, which drive European markets, at around $118.

Brent and U.S. futures historically trade at a much narrower spread, and many analysts expect that gap to narrow as the U.S. economy improves.

The West has been slapping fresh sanctions on a defiant and nuclear-ambitious Iran, which is taking steps to cut off oil supply and even threatened to close down the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for the world’s oil industry.

With nerves on edge and the Strait of Hormuz crawling with edgy warships and oil tankers, a messy encounter would be enough to send oil skyrocketing.

“All that has to happen is for a tanker to hit a mine and the prices will be jumping,” says Breard, according to the Christian Science Monitor.

“A lot of people are afraid of oil rising to $140 a barrel.”

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Jim Bianco: Fed Policy Is Really Just Counterfeiting Read more: Jim Bianco: Fed Policy Is Really Just Counterfeiting

“The Federal Reserve has purchased $2.3 trillion in assets from banks to flood the economy with liquidity and drive down interest rates in order to stimulate the pace of economic recovery.

Under such policy, known as quantitative easing, the Fed goes in and buys assets like Treasury instruments or mortgage-backed securities from the banks, crediting those banks’ reserve accounts with the funds, in what critics says is basically money printing.

“The ability of the Fed to increase the amount of money in banks’ reserve accounts; that’s what most people mean when they talk about money printing and that’s under the direction of the Fed,” says Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research, according to The Daily Ticker, a Yahoo! news venue…..”

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Dennis Gartman: Greece Deal Will Only Last Until Next Election

“Greece’s purported deal with its creditors will last only until a new government takes over following the spring elections, hedge fund manager Dennis Gartman said Tuesday.

Dennis Gartman
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Dennis Gartman

While investors hoped the deal, valued at 130 billion euros ($172 billion) would bring stability to the debt-plagued nation, Gartman said the provisions — particularly those focused on reducing the ratio of debt to gross domestic product [cnbc explains] , as well as the austerity measures imposed on Greece — have little chance of being met.

“All the authorities have been able to do is delay default by a few weeks, perhaps a few months at best,“ Gartman wrote in his investor newsletter. “Greece will default, but perhaps not under the present government in power.”

Sharp cuts in the minimum wage, health care, and pensions, among other things, never will be tolerated in the Greek street, he added. Greeks go to the polls in two months to decide their government’s future. Recent polls show leftist parties opposing the bailouts rising in popularity.

“A new government is going to come to power following elections that shall take place sometime this spring, and if anyone anywhere believes that the next Greek government shall do anything other than abrogate all the agreements made with the ‘troika,’ then we have a bridge we’d like to sell them at a very high price,” Gartman said….”

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Upgrades and Downgrades This Morning

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ABB Limited (NYSE: ABB) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABG) named as Value stock of the day at Zacks.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE: BBVA) Raised to Outperform at Credit Suisse.
B&G Foods Inc. (NYSE: BGS) reinstated as Neutral at Credit Suisse.
CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) Cut to Equal Weight at Barclays.
ImmunoCellular (NASDAQ: IMUC) named Bull of the Day at Zacks.
Infosys Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.
KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
NextEra Energy Inc. (NYSE: NEE) Reiterated Buy at Argus.
Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) Cut to Market Perform at JMP Securities.
Willis Group Holdings (NYSE: WSH) named Bear of the Day at Zacks.

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U.S. Equity Preview: WYNN, RIG, HPQ, EXPGY, GLW, CORT, CDXS, & AAPL

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Apple Inc. (AAPL) : HTC Corp. lost a patent-infringement claim against the world’s largest technology company at the U.S. International Trade Commission, the first of the Taiwanese handset maker’s cases targeting the iPhone.

Codexis Inc. (CDXS) : Alan Shaw resigned as president and chief executive officer of the company, which makes enzymes used in producing drugs. He will continue to serve as an adviser to the board. The board appointed Peter Strumph, business head of pharmaceuticals, as interim CEO.

Corcept Therapeutics Inc. (CORT) : The specialty drug company that hasn’t generated revenue since 2009 won approval for its leading product candidate, a treatment that uses the active ingredient of the abortion pill RU-486 to treat Cushing’s Syndrome.

Corning Inc. (GLW) : The largest maker of glass for flat- panel television sets is poised to rebound to $20 in two to three years as it cuts excess capacity and focuses on the growing smartphone and tablet markets, Barron’s reported in its “The Trader” column, citing Alan Lancz of Alan B. Lancz & Associates.

Experian Plc (EXPGY) : Experian’s U.S.-traded shares are poised to rise 20 percent or more during the next year as the credit-report provider’s expansion in Latin America boosts earnings, Barron’s reported.

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) : The outlook for the world’s largest personal computer maker is still unclear as Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman tries to turn it around by changing the corporate culture and boosting research and development expenditure, Barron’s reported.

Transocean Ltd. (RIG) : The world’s biggest operator of offshore drilling rigs said it won’t recommend a dividend payment at its 2012 annual shareholder meeting.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN) : Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada’s Universal Entertainment Corp. (6425 JP) said it will take legal action after Wynn Resorts, a casino operator, forcibly redeemed Universal’s stake at a 31 percent discount and accused Okada of improper payments.

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